Re:Twitter is dropping coding terms like 'master' and 'slave'
by xellisx on Friday July 03, 2020 @06:28PM
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Yeah, the amount of energy arguing about not changing the terminology; which can be changed to better reflect what it is, is mind boggling.
I can understand arguing what terminology should be used instead. Those arguments tend to be way more civil discussions and don't last long, and a way better set of terminology is set.
Re:Twitter is dropping coding terms like 'master' and 'slave'
by acdha on Friday July 03, 2020 @07:28PM
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Yeah, that’s a much better conversation because it often flushed out that the same terms were being used for things which weren’t quite the same (hot failover, read-replica, etc.) and someone who has more experience with one tool won’t think a different one works the same way.
It does? I mean, I’ve used a lot of hard drives and never had one whip another or resell it to punish a friend for disobedience. I’ve also never heard of an enslaved person being put in charge after the plantation master died.
Insisting on using inaccurate terms when better ones exist is a political stance which raises questions about the motives behind putting so much effort into opposing something which costs you nothing.